All 12 Uses of
perplex
in
Great Expectations
- If my time had run out, it would have left me still at the height of my perplexities, I dare say.†
Chpt 17
- So there can be no competition or perplexity between you and me.†
Chpt 22
- Under these circumstances, when Flopson and Millers had got the children into the house, like a little flock of sheep, and Mr. Pocket came out of it to make my acquaintance, I was not much surprised to find that Mr. Pocket was a gentleman with a rather perplexed expression of face, and with his very gray hair disordered on his head, as if he didn't quite see his way to putting anything straight.†
Chpt 22
- He was a young-looking man, in spite of his perplexities and his very gray hair, and his manner seemed quite natural.†
Chpt 23
- Mr. Pocket, with the normal perplexity of his face heightened and his hair rumpled, looked at them for some minutes, as if he couldn't make out how they came to be boarding and lodging in that establishment, and why they hadn't been billeted by Nature on somebody else.†
Chpt 23
- they were perplexing to reflect upon,--insoluble mysteries both.
Chpt 27 *perplexing = confusing
- This was very singular to me, and I looked at her in considerable perplexity.†
Chpt 33
- In the meantime Mr. Pocket grew grayer, and tried oftener to lift himself out of his perplexities by the hair.†
Chpt 34
- Herbert said, "Certainly," but looked as if there were no specific consolation in this, and remained perplexed and dismayed.†
Chpt 41
- He took out his black pipe and was going to fill it with negro-head, when, looking at the tangle of tobacco in his hand, he seemed to think it might perplex the thread of his narrative.†
Chpt 41
- There was an air of reservation in the answer which increased my perplexity, and the answer was, that her maid believed she was only coming back at all for a little while.†
Chpt 43
- I, for my part, was thoughtful too; for, how best to check this growing change in Joe was a great perplexity to my remorseful thoughts.†
Chpt 57
Definition:
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(perplex) to confuse